Tuulikki Pietilä, University of Helsinki There is a persistent narrative in South Africa of famous, bestselling musicians “dying as paupers”. A prime example is Mahlathini, the lead vocalist who performed with the Mahotella Queens,...
Ujuh Reporter The political woes of South African President Jacob Zuma have just gotten complicated and more slippery with the Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA) compiling “a case file” against him. The OUTA case may...
The South African Federation of Trade Unions is appalled at the report released today by Deloitte accountants, which reveals that the average pay, salary, of executives in the country’s top 100 companies is now...
Apart from consistently outstripping inflation, there is little correlation between CEO guaranteed pay and the size and complexity of the organisation they are charged to lead. Ujuh Reporter Captains of industry are raking in...
Ujuh Reporter This year’s Tax Season is about to start which is likely to send many taxpayers into a panic mode, particularly those who will leave things to a last minute rush. It does...
Steven Friedman, University of Johannesburg What kind of financial system is sure to collapse if the central bank cares about people’s well-being? The recommendation by South Africa’s Public Protector that the Reserve Bank’s mandate...
Alan Hirsch, University of Cape Town South Africa’s Public Protector, Busisiwe Mkhwebane, has ignited a flaring grass fire with recommendations around a R1.2bn bailout paid to a local bank between 1986 and 1995. Known...
Absa Bank has is to challenge in court the Public Protector’s report on the Bankorp bailout due to what it calls numerous misrepresentations and irrational and unreasonable legal conclusions. Here follows Absa’s statement The...
The remedial action prescribed by the Public Protector, Busisiwe Mkhwebane, in the Absa/Bankorp matter falls outside her powers and is unlawful. A statement by the South African Reserve Bank The Public Protector yesterday released a...
Former South African Reserve Bank (SARB) governor, Tito Mboweni, has responded to the Public Protector’s findings on the Absa/Bankorp matter with a poetic exhortation that says the independence of the country’s central bank must...
Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane has found that the South African government acted improperly by failing to recover a bailout of R1.2 billion from Absa Bank. This is money which was given to Bankorp (which...
There is also the thorny issue of the dilemma of farm dwellers who live in terror at the hands of oppressive farmers. This came up sharply in the Mpumalanga areas, among other provinces. Public...
“There is a concern within members of the legal profession that out of 2 641 advocates and 12 373 law firms, only a few are receiving most of the lucrative work from government departments...
There are no short cuts to attaining financial independence. A mind-set change is the first step, you must take to attain financial independence. It requires discipline and limitation of wasteful spending, especially on non-essential items....
“I operate a cash loan business and in order to attract new clients we hand out flyers and send SMS’s and e-mails to individuals whose contact details we obtained from a third party. Will...
Ujuh Reporter You can now renew your vehicle licence from the comfort of your office or home through an application called nav» Car offered within the FNB banking app. The license disk will be delivered...
“I own a small building contractor business. BEE is becoming increasingly important for my business. I understand that the Revised Construction Sector BEE Codes provide an opportunity for a small construction business to be...
PBM The South African legal fraternity is preparing to rollout what looks like a black economic empowerment (BEE) or transformation programme of a special kind which goes by the title of Procurement Protocols. The...
A video clip showing Judge Zondo shed a tear as he tells a moving story about how he was helped by an Indian businessman to go through school has gone viral. Judge Zondo is...
South African lawyers have been invited to sign the Procurement Protocols in an attempt to transform the legal industry from one that favours white lawyers and excludes black and women practitioners. The Procurement Protocols...